To say that Overwatch 2 has had a rough start to its lifecycle would be an understatement. After an absolute dearth of new content on the tail end of the original game’s lifecycle, Overwatch 2 did little to regain favor with its community, thanks to polarizing changes to the game’s structure and the cancellation of…
Overwatch 2: Invasion Impressions – The Biggest Update Yet Read More »
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stands accused of encouraging the proliferation of zero-rights employees working in the public sector, after its latest set of accounts show a marked decline in the number of contractors it’s engaging on an outside IR35 basis since the 2020-21 financial year. As previously uncovered by Computer Weekly in…
Earlier this year, Destiny 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn (among many other roles) actor Lance Reddick passed away unexpectedly. In Destiny 2, Reddick played Commander Zavala – an important recurring character in Destiny lore. Reddick was also an outspoken fan of the game that engaged with the community often, so recasting his role was always…
Keith David To Take Over The Role Of Zavala In Destiny 2 Read More »
Apple may have turned around the fortunes of its upcoming M3 line of chips after reportedly securing an entire year’s worth of scarce 3nm silicon from TSMC.It seems that Apple managed to secure TSMC’s entire stock of 3nm chips for a full year, according to Wccftech, who reports that these 3nm chipsets “will be found…
M3 MacBooks could be coming this year, after chip shortage turnaround Read More »
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is today rushing to contain and explain a major data breach that saw a spreadsheet containing the surname, initial, rank, location and department of every serving officer and civilian staff member posted and shared online. The data breach was a botched response to a Freedom of Information (FoI)…
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Virtually all PCIe Gen5 SSDs released to date are relatively power-hungry and require a massive cooling system, effectively preventing their installation into compact desktops and notebooks. But Silicon Motion’s next-generation SM2508 SSD platform promises to change that and enable ultra-high-performance drives with a PCIe 5.0 interface and power consumption as low as 3.5W. The company…
Silicon Motion Readies PCIe Gen5 SSDs with 3.5W Power Consumption Read More »
As chief technology officer (CTO) at Gulf Bridge International (GBI), Gavin Rea is responsible for the design, operation and evolution of GBI’s submarine cable and associated terrestrial cable networks. GBI provides connectivity from the Gulf into Europe, India and Southeast Asia, and connectivity among the Gulf states.“GBI has been in operation for 11 years now,”…
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TrendForce projects a remarkable 105% increase in annual bit shipments of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) this year. This boost comes in response to soaring demands from AI and high-performance computing processor developers, notably Nvidia, and cloud service providers (CSPs). To fulfill demand, Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix are reportedly increasing their HBM capacities, but new production lines will likely start operations…
Memory Makers on Track to Double HBM Output in 2023 Read More »
Huawei is known for its networking and telecoms business, with products that range from handsets to routers to 5G network infrastructure. But the firm is also known for the embargoes, bans and sanctions by Western states that seek to rein in Chinese influence. In data storage, Huawei offers cost savings over competitors. Analysts suggest Huawei…
Huawei a big storage hitter despite international troubles Read More »
Amid the ongoing Black Hat USA and DEF CON cyber jamborees, Microsoft has addressed a little over 70 vulnerabilities in its August Patch Tuesday update, including two zero-days already being exploited, more than 20 remote code execution (RCE) flaws, and six critical bugs. Of the two zero-days fixes, the first comes in the form of…
Microsoft addresses Office vulnerability attacked by Russian spooks in latest update Read More »
